The Paying Guest

By George Gissing

Mumfords are a middle-class couple, living in suburban Sutton on the outskirts of London with their young son. Reading the newspaper, they become aware of a young woman seeking a place as a "paying guest", or lodger. To supplement their income they decide to take a tenant, named Louise Derrick, who is in need of a place to live due to disagreements with her immediate family. Louise, who is poorly educated and bad-tempered, is being romantically pursued by two men: Mr Bowling, who is courting Louise's stepsister Cecily, and Tom Cobb.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Interactive Media
• Release date: Apr 15, 2016
• ISBN: 9781911263470

George Gissing

George Gissing (1857-1903) was an English novelist. Born in Yorkshire, he excelled as a student from a young age, earning a scholarship to Owens College where he won prizes for his poetry and academic writing. Expelled and arrested for a series of thefts in 1876, Gissing was forced to leave England for the United States, teaching classics and working as a short story writer in Massachusetts and Chicago. The following year, he returned to England and embarked on a career as a professional novelist, publishing works of naturalism inspired by his experience of poverty and the works of Charles Dickens. After going through an acrimonious divorce, Gissing remarried in 1891 and entered a turbulent relationship with Edith Alice Underwood, with whom he raised two children before separating in 1897. During this time, after writing several unpublished novels, Gissing found success with New Grub Street (1891), Born in Exile (1892), and The Odd Women (1893). In the last years of his life, Gissing befriended H.G. Wells and travelled throughout Italy, Germany, and France, where he died after falling ill during a winter walk.

Book preview

�N�2^book_preview_excerpt.html�YAv�H��Jz3+�5��3���4,Ies��$��^&�$�#��HsW�>�,�G�k�Q�$�D�d��ze�HdFF���#x^����֙7>%�n����������<�1�ۋs�\3��c�=�a\��wwnonJ���bEǯޭ�Ww揿}1w7ͧ��/��qu��{\����y���N?ݮ�V���/�����~y-�ts�n��ޯno���_�W+s�|���?���X��7������Ÿ���O��O�w7����� l���/>\��nq7����ݛ��o�����}�\i��v.:�m�Um��b\�l����q�O�����~�Ϟ?V>�<�g�n���������_��������C��Kum�$�{�\ܹr~|��]�'����������ͽY���7�����>��;����v���g��O����A�� ��=��/|yٛ�M�vh6!�f_�����[½�O��ߌmK���ɣ4l��!on�"�{�qfkw�T�1֤�ƾF��������?~��CL�?~�қ��{��x<��L� ����K�;�Y;����v����dǻ03mxe�B_1��F,|�-b����P��b�=}��z\ /RT��hۭ^�����jg��7����s� V7�m�\����>�����3S�FЂ��)����CŻ`Ӷ?��B��.7M�j��:�Lvhl߻hd����C��9ai�݇Ďr�ҧ":����f|�h"7*��Wa`�� 1��@����#6�O<�t܆��U���$8%�g�/�\?7���-��Lg�t�5K,�G��̜��������0�=�ĉ�Jq�[�����4����7�5;����k@0��� �© � K�.�%
z�#S�d�谟k
�l��D��2��݅�0qEhCsx�a�I���ɥ+$J������I��:���oP�1�O�g,������H_2�B|�A@�up+�K�w��z�*o�t!)I7�@�*IF�
�Z�� ;起6�x����Pϧ��r\]���
����ɒ��EA
]���-�P��d�d�q3E�s&�#��v wڮC53�8̶p��pJT�(^�ןp��K|��c+��
|߹���8�[�!�`bbc�D�1H��ׄ�Befp;F�
bH��ӿ�(v�Hh�Ue%��bHH�+,�zx
��1�[t'Ne~��$�qk�h�6��E
�
�O�^'�I�����P����3 ��X�%��~��|:3���x�E:�� bq�3�3l����z|��_�O(�A�
��0���|ſN=��P�2Z�ߘ�،p�R9uO�����T�r�`�K��l���=A��?��kZ��p���ge�A1�K-H#��MC/��7�؂x���1O��sP788���S!��L��~�0� �<"s�&U���׶�����n{��� X]N�dUX^�'-��|x��ݯ���R�4�#��`���e��Nb�G��A�l\s�;|��y��J�-Y��X��F��$��n"�Y�r�����8�/�&���� ����ڏ��]������e5�뉂i�ҧ3ģ �So���*G�ꊶp�9��JL܃���3ic�-ܠnS��i-{�=n
��z�VHH"_a�3}�&@X������r��GB1�;_R�ͦ�e��tx�c14PJd��,��`�hba���a�2w���Dd\�Y3�Fjֈ!=>�
�Z9�W�$�^�,�{I t��� r��LA]2��Ll����k�!��X�܊��
�"�35[!��(U���� 崴Q�1��29�C�N#���?7����#�����{�V\>�����P��>l�j�����9l��ME�����<�ia�)8��)�Rwb�UK��5���s�tC[�U���w"1njQ=3^���Y$���,�� ��׼@�����u��}�� �@P����EQ(�«�����}{�;�= �P\���B�b�b:0(�/5�Kr�(Y5�<��:L�{��BM�C[jCꊵ-���d���Rp�p�`2k�0Me�D� �{U�q}&B$e�.�&rF�j�~t�X)/�/�\�@θ'ӡ�u償���Gב��Ƌ�YB��\�KT��B��P�傭c��Y�SE��~�ZX|�>酨�X&�V�
�\(YDi�j�S�������X��&��ǡ��VJ�y���Z>�1fh)�E��K�H--��[<{�b�Ee��8��I�EiLDE�X�"Y��@F&��AIvz�2蝴�ؒ��5�r�<�l���ƛ��mٓ ��j���=��Ν��3PP��أ���e|j4Ʉ��k���孠�w>Q�ԅR�{�s �J&��m�3�6R�j�A{V�Ϥw��Zr�28��Σ
i�%�:4��+j�v�_+7id���C�����1�9��Ha�o b�*��\;,+�d�lj��(UF[F
{�������"�T�a���� @Q�p���+��3m
G5�2P1�^"Ĉ-�Ӓ��k��D���%����E} *�V�. �$/�mr�������c.Kt�!!wBX�؃�LET�EsH��h-Ν��L>� ���xDܦ�
I��~2���Ҽ��r��AUu ?�=��ث�fi����T���>X���P㽷����4 "+4��5��(���X�q����#��V$QR��Fl�Y���SB�Ƽ���<�`��R� �I�,����,���9����R�Xk/��с��*�fR.n2j�|Z|W k�hh��T�F ���S���\�LܖDB>W���9 ��t���48���{���i�� <�:�;J2x��PM|�6��$��4�K�iÐ[ �3у��$�.�uTf�b�6��9�w,�s�Q�ڽ4�F��g����r=��pg��Bč�<��:�XZ��Ұ�RM�4fjZ'@J�C�A��N��&�W&��4�D�EH��my����o�9Y�tă�7dӍ��VƎ��9.��G�����7;� e�])��Uf �D�%/���x�� ����:���Ţ�Z q$�(3��ȱi=lٵ'>�FA�lt�H�U�H�E�u�r�*���6�~�>�<�(��2�Z�uhj`�2I��5|ěda��nY�� ��`����%@�Al�P���kwy�[)j9�驵�GVCZc��Q�V4�Ea[�Z�y�
;����+�!��n�`�8s%�%᬴9�s���n�6��5�G�xD ���V��Z&Z���H����͆0gE��s,Γ�da�3��Tm�x�R�=��̃�)��y���F�:�3e=0bP.Q����2$��M:�`�-*��^���+$�� �����l��n{[?��R�)����"���`Z��I�_�,A� N5�@U�z�Q����U����K]�Lz2�N����<fS���T�p���C�2A�C��~X���)�]mL4�����Pom|�5��N��Pu4�^3 ��}����_Vߊ\#U�62�f��U&�

Enjoying the preview?

Subscribe to continue reading